William Louis Poteat
Deceased Person
1856 – 1938
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Who was William Louis Poteat?
William Louis Poteat, also known as "Doctor Billy", was a professor and then the seventh president of Wake Forest College. Poteat was conspicuous in many civic roles becoming a leader of the Progressive Movement in the South, and a champion of higher education. Though a Baptist, he defended the teaching of evolution as the "divine method of creation", arguing it was fully compatible with Baptist beliefs.
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- Born
- 1856
Caswell County - Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- Wake Forest University
- Employment
- Wake Forest University
- Died
- 1938
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on July 23, 2013
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